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“Agapfundikiye Gatera Amatsiko”, paraphrased in English as “A covered basket raises curiosity”; a Kinyarwanda proverb that Ms. Brooke, an English University student, flew home with after her 7 days visit to Rwanda. She bought ‘Agaseke’ as a souvenir of her good time in the…

The recent World Bank Group’s annual report on the ease of doing business ranked Rwanda the easiest place to do business in East and Central Africa, the 2nd in Africa, and the 56th globally.Titled “Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All”, the report examined ten…

The first day of the year 2017 turned out to be a historic moment on Kigali's music scene, as Rwandans were blessed to have on stage their evergreen singer, a Rwandan US-based R&B star, ‘The Ben”. It was on the occasion of the…

In Rwandans’ social and cultural gatherings, songs and dances were since a long time ago performed in accompany with musical instruments. This is an overview of the common instruments featured in Rwandan traditional music, currently referred to as ‘gakondo’ music.InangaPhoto courtesy: Deo MunyakaziHopefully the most sophisticated traditional music instrument…

My eighty six year old grandmother does not understand fashion. She fails to see the point. My eighteen year old sister’s attempt at delving into the value of her Timberland boots and how they were ‘not just any boots’ left a niggling look on our grandmother’s long…